Sudani: The path of reform is long and the government has begun to establish it in the long term, 11 JAN

Sudani: The path of reform is long and the government has begun to establish it in the long term

Prime Minister Mohammed Shia Al-Sudani confirmed on Thursday that the government realizes that the path of reform is long, but it has begun to establish it in the long term, which will help future governments to implement their tasks.

“The latter received the ambassadors of the Economic Contact Group for Iraq (IECG), which represents major economic countries; France, Britain, Italy, Spain, the United States, Japan and Canada, in addition to the Ambassador of the European Union,” the Sudanese media office said in a statement received by {Euphrates News}.

Al-Sudani “praised “during the meeting, the efforts made in supporting Iraq at various past stages, and expressed his thanks to the United States and Italy, which headed the group, for their work and continuity,” stressing “continuing cooperation with the next presidency represented by the United Kingdom and France, in order to achieve the goals for which this group was formed.”

“The Prime Minister reviewed the government’s vision towards the economic, financial, banking and customs reforms that it has begun to implement, and its seriousness in establishing a future work approach, as well as its efforts in implementing its commitments within the ministerial program, and the five priorities that were included in its executive program, and also touched on the strategic projects that will be an important basis for Iraq’s economic renaissance, which are the way of development and gas and renewable energy projects.”

He pointed out that “the government’s realization that the path of reform is long but it has begun to establish it in the long term, which will help future governments carry out their tasks.”

For their part, “the representatives of the contact group expressed great interest and optimism in government policies in the field of the economy, and referred to the past accumulations that the government began to address, as the Italian ambassador praised the description of the government of achievement, and the preparation of a different budget that includes new ideas such as the Iraq Fund for Development and the provision of sovereign guarantees to the private sector.”

While the American ambassador to Iraq praised the government’s successful steps in the field of banking reforms, and its direction to reform government banks by relying on major international companies, as well as the trend towards activating the electronic payment system. The French ambassador to Iraq also praised the government’s policies in reforming border crossings and customs by adopting the ASYCUDA system, and preparing a financial budget for three years.

The meeting concluded with agreement to form a working group and a work plan for 6 months, interspersed with meetings between representatives of the countries of the group, ministries and advisers to the Prime Minister concerned with following up the work, and this will be followed by a meeting chaired by the Prime Minister to assess what has been submitted.”

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